Michael McGrath, the European Union's justice commissioner, will visit Washington D.C. this week, the first senior EU official to visit after the United States imposed steel tariffs that will hit European industry.

The European Union’s tax chief said that the bloc’s use of value-added taxes shouldn’t be part of the trade tensions with the Trump administration.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Trump administration does not seem to be engaging in talks to avert trade conflict with the European Union, the EU's trade chief said on Monday, two days before the United States is set to impose tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports.

The EU's response could impact up to $28 billion worth of US goods, targeting items like dental floss and bourbon.

The U.S. Trade Representative slammed the European Union’s move to impose 50% tariffs on U.S. whiskey in response to American levies on steel and aluminum imports. In his first public statement since confirmation,